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Hi, Chirags! There's a way you can link. For example, if you wanted to link an article called "Trains" to the Spanish Wikipedia, type the following at the bottom of the article: [[sp:Ferrocarril]]. The first two lettters represent the destination wiki, while the name of the corresponding Spanish article follws. Hope this helps! - Lucky 6.9 01:02, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

I agree. External links should be only at the end of the article. That article needs a big cleanup. You should post this on the India notice board and see what others say. - Ganeshk 21:09, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestions regarding additions in the page devoted to Vidyavihar. I will attempt to add more information about Rajawadi,the ONGC Colony & Kirol Village.
I am 48 years old & have been born and brought up in Rajawadi..I reside at Chittaranjan Nagar i.e the old colony beyond Rajawadi Hospital. I am a Management Consultant in the field of Executive Placements & Industrial Relations.
Although in the US presently, your roots must be in RajawdiTrust you must be an old Rajawadi inhabitant although presently.
Thanks for the suggestion & do let us keep in touch..Ny e-mail i.d is mganeshrecruit@gmail.com .

I have removed this entry from WP:AIV for people engaging in spamming please warn them with a {{spam}} template, if they further spam then {{spam2}} and then if they continue list on WP:AIV. I have rolled back all there other spam links. Thanks --pgk(talk) 16:19, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

About the second point thats troubling you: That only the muslim community speaks deccani is well... idiotic. I can assure you that it is spoken everyone who wish to survive in the streets here. Its the best way to commnicate with auto drivers, ask for direction from complete stranger. Shop-keepers need to speak it simply to better sell their wares. It need not be your mother-tongue, (I'm a Tamilian) but stay a few years in Hyderabad and you will end up thinking in it!! BTW I don't think most Hyderabadis realise they are speaking in that language when they do. I suspect they think they are speaking some form of Hindi (Which, much to my embarassment includes me.)

About Telugu Nationalism; I'll try to find some stuff up on it.

As for distorting history: Its a too common occupation, my mom claims that the present Indian civilisation dates back to about 800,000 years ago. And the Ramayana and Mahabharata occuring 200,000 and 100,000 years ago (or something like that) I end up getting into furious arguments with her and everbody who takes her side, which believe me is quite a few people :(

Hi, Can we please correct the grammer of the 'Media - Tollywood' section? And i kind of feel Media is a useless subsection in that page unless it talks about something unique to hyderabad... like Radio Biryani, Channel 6 Hyderabad Magazine, and the Deccan Chronical (ok...the last one is not exactly unique.)

That is something I'm trying to decide. 'Cause I have noone else whom I could consider. (well.. apart from this woman who says she'll beat everyone with a stick :) I'm a bit dissapointed that no one is actively campaining... that is always a very good sign a system is working.

You have mentioned not to add calstreet.com as it is an incomplete portal. First of all a portal is never complete. Our portal contains lots of information at this moment its self. You cannot comment without seeing properly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.11.120.67 (talk • contribs)

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i understand, but for that it doesn't matter if it comes from the indian (i guess) google or the .com one, i think it's wiser and less confusing for people to use the .com one. Boneyard 17:41, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

oh like that, well you can download it now and upload it to wiki, not sure if that is allowed though, im really not into the rules on that. Boneyard 21:14, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Invitation and Recommendations for writing articles on Hindi Wikipedia[edit]

Hindi wikipedia invites and welcomes Wikipedians to contribute for the cause of spreading knowledge and the Hindi language. This page contains guidelines for writing a wiki-article on any topic at the Hindi Wikipedia, with special recommendations for writing in Hindi (Note: The script/font-family for Hindi is Devanāgari; the script/font-system for English is Roman script, also, the Hindi spelling system is not completely standardized). This article is yet in English language (mostly), in order to encourage even non-native/foreign people who have learnt/are learning Hindi to contribute to the Hindi wikipedia, and native Hindi speakers who normally write in English. The examples given below are only for explanation.

Recommendations:

Firstly for proper viewing, it is recommended to keep all links NOT-UNDERLINED. Otherwise the मात्रा below the Hindi alphabets might get partly hidden behind the underlines. For this, please go to My Preferences (मेरी पसंद) at the top of the page, then click Misc., and then choose "underline links -> Never". Save your settings. Also, do not click yes for "justify paragraphs", otherwise on some browsers, the devanagari script will appear highly distorted.

All users are requested and encouraged to contribute articles here, especially, to create new articles on general topics. They are also encouraged to expand the existing articles, and improve upon them. A non-user can also do the same; it is recommended but not required to register yourself as a wikipedian user at the Hindi wikipedia. As far as possible, each article should be written with a Neutral Point of View (NPOV)—no nationalistic or partiality or hatred based articles are welcome. The articles should be based on facts—and appropriate references should be provided as and where needed. See the English wiki's help page for editing in general. Almost all the general wiki-features are available for editing on Hindi wiki too. Guidelines for the content matter is mostly the same as given in English wiki.

Since the Hindi wiki is at its initial stages, users are welcome to take introduction and basic points from the English (or another) wikipedia's corresponding article and translate them for small articles. An in-page link to the English wiki's article will be deemed sufficient for references (a template might be created stating this). For longer articles, it is recommended to mention the references separately.

Since most computer users in India and elsewhere have the standard Western-type keyboard, it is best recommended (but not necessarily required) to use the virtual (software) keyboard like the one of Hindimozhi or of ISIS (Tavultesoft Keyman)—which are freewares. These are advantageous because the contemporary Hindi-speakers in India often write messages/chat using Hindi words but written in Roman (English) script, and the layout of these keyboards is quite the same that such people use. For example, using the "normal" keyboard with this software, typing ga would give ग and ghaa would give घा.

Create the article with its name written in Hindi (devanagari script). Always take care to include the nukta (dot below) for foreign / Urdu loanwords wherever it occurs in the standard spelling. For non-Indian names, use that spelling (for article name and other words) which is commonly encountered in Hindi newspapers, G.K.-books, Hindi-dubbed TV documentaries and Hollywood films and magazines. e.g., America-अमरीका (या अमेरिका), China-चीन, French-फ़्रांसिसी. For English acronyms/short-forms, use the initials in Roman script, and again create a full form in Hindi and redirect it to the short form. e.g. IPA (अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय ध्वनि वर्णाक्षर); UNO (संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघ). Doing the opposite is also fine. But creating the article with the Hindi short form, as सं०रा०सं०, is not recommended. Also, the article proper must be written with the proper nukta, as फ़ारसी, and then, a non-nukta (mis-)spelt version फारसी should preferably be created to redirect to the correct spelling.

Hindi wikipedia strongly recommends the users to write articles in everyday common Hindi in the खड़ीबोली dialect (Hindustani or Hindi-Urdu, i.e., बोलचाल वाली हिन्दी, which may include many loanwords from Persian and Arabic). The use of शुद्ध संस्कृतनिष्ठ हिन्दी is in general neither required nor recommended. E.g., use: वजह instead of कारण, ख़ास instead of विशेष, वगैरह instead of इत्यादि, लेकिन instead of परन्तु etc. However, for technical and specialized vocabulary, the use of शुद्ध संस्कृतनिष्ठ हिन्दी is recommended and usually mandatory. Thus: upper House of Parliament—संसद का उच्च सदन, but not Urdu—मजिलिस का ऐवान-ए-बाला ; Foreign Minister—विदेशमन्त्री, but not Urdu—वज़ीर-ए-ख़ारिजा ; knowledge/science—ज्ञान/विज्ञान, but not इल्म. Use spoken Hindi's ये and वो instead of यह and वह / वे. Do not use the title of respect जी after names, it is unencyclopedic. Thus: कृष्ण / श्री कृष्ण but not कृष्ण जी. Use the आप form and its corresponding 3rd person verbal conjugation for writing about respectable persons. Thus: श्री वाजपेयी मध्य प्रदेश में जन्मे थे. But not: वाजपेयी मध्य प्रदेश में जन्मा था. But do not use the pronoun "आप" itself in-text in biographies.

English should be used sparingly, only when required; i.e., if the corresponding शुद्ध हिन्दी word is too "difficult and not generally encountered", or if it is a proper name of non-Indian person/place/terminology/title, or if the user is highly unsure of the proper translation. It is recommended (but not required) for English-to-Hindi translation while writing articles, the Shabdkosh online dictionary should be used. For each English word, that alternative should be used which is generally encountered in everyday spoken Hindi, and also fits well into the context. Use of intelligent guesses for newly encountered words is also allowed, and so are translations encountered in Hindi-dubbed TV documentaries, Hollywood films, Hindi-translated books, etc. e.g., दमपिशाच for en:Dementor (used in dubbed HP films).

If used, it is recommended to use the English words within the articles using the English (Roman) alphabets rather than devanagari (or better, the devanagari transliteration should be used in the sentence, followed by the English word in Roman alphabet in parentheses). Such words should be italicized and not put in quotation marks. Preferably, there should be an in-page interwiki link (like :en:) on the word to the English wikipedia. If the word comes as an integral part of a sentence, so as not to break the continuity, the en: prefix should be hidden by writing the word again after the pipe sign (piped link). Thus, recommended: हैरी पॉटर ने ''[[:en:Pensieve|Pensieve]]'' के अन्दर ''[[:en:Little Hangleton|Little Hangleton]]'' गाँव में लॉर्ड वोल्डेमॉर्ट की माँ ''[[:en:Merope Gaunt|Merope Gaunt]]'' को देखा. ''[[:en:Resplendent Quetzal|Resplendent Quetzal]]'' पक्षी के ऊपर एक मेक्सिकन पादरी डा० ''[[:en:Pablo de la Llave|Pablo de la Llave]]'' ने काफ़ी शोध किया था. Whence,

2. starting parenthesis, then English name in Roman script, in-page interwiki-linked to English wiki ff. by semicolon ((अंग्रेज़ी : [[:en:Apollo]];)

3. The native name(s) if applicable in the italicized native script, preferably followed either by its italicized approximate Hindi pronunciation or non-italicizedphonological transcriptionwithin / /, ff. by closed parenthesis (यूनानी : ''Aπollων अपोल्लोन''))

4. the rest of the definition or introduction (प्राचीन [[यूनानी धर्म]] (ग्रीक धर्म) और प्राचीन [[रोमन धर्म]] के सर्वोच्च देवता थे ।) For country names, only the standard short form of the name is needed in the first line. If there is a common name for a difficult word in Hindustani, also mention it. Whence: अपोलो (अंग्रेज़ी : en:Apollo; यूनानी : Aπollων अपोल्लोन) प्राचीन यूनानी धर्म (ग्रीक धर्म) और प्राचीन रोमन धर्म के सर्वोच्च देवता थे । If you don't give the interwiki English/another language link (which would be deemed to be the default reference), then you MUST provide an appropriate reference.

Please leave no article without an appropriate category. See the list of created categories here; you can also make a new category (pref. in Hindi). Please leave no article without at least ONE off page (like en:) interwiki link. E.g., the user can check the article name (say Apollo) on the finally redirected English page and append to the Hindi article ([[en:Appolo]])). These interlanguage links will help a bot to update all interwiki links for that article in all wikipedias. The category and the aforementioned link should be typed at the end of the article. If the article is very small, mention it as a stub/substub.

Use of templates is welcome. See the list of templates here. If creating a template, name it pref. in Hindi.

Use पूर्णविराम ( । ) instead of a period (.) for ending statements. The पूर्णविराम, semicolon, colon and dash (but not comma) must come after one space after the word to prevent ambiguity. Use the international form of the Hindu-Arabic numerals (1,2,3 instead of १,२,३), as used by the Constitution and the Government of India (even for Hindi). There is no need to use the हलन्त at the end of Sanskrit words wherever it occurs. Hence, prefer: संसद over संसद्; अथर्वन over अथर्वन्. Use the proper quotation marks “” from the Insert toolbox, not "". Write dates as 2 मई 2006 (ईसवी or ईसापूर्व). Write time as 3:45 pm. Separate common suffix-words like शास्त्र, विज्ञान, ज्ञान with a hyphen. Thus: रसायन-शास्त्र. For most others, leave both the words of the noun-cluster free. Combine them into one word only if it is very common to do so. Thus: सामवेद.

The use of ज़ for the en:voiced alveolar fricative (/z/, as in zoo, rose) is fundamentally wrong. Its nearest counterpart is the en:voiceless alveolar fricative /s/ (as in sea), and not Hindi ज (en:voiced palatal plosive). Hence, it is suggested and recommended that for the sound /z/, whether it comes in English (etc.) spellings (z) for while pronunciation otherwise, should be transcribed as स़ (स with a dot below, available in the Insert toolbox). Hence: Reason रीस़न, not रीज़न ; Roses रोस़ेस़, not रोज़ेज़. But common Hindi words borrowed from Persian/Arabic (so-called Urdu words) are allowed to continue with ज़ spelling. Thus: ज़रा, नज़र, तर्ज़. The en:voiced postalveolar fricative (/ʒ/ as in treasure), inexistent in Hindi, can similarly be transcribed with श़. Thus: treasure ट्रॅश़र. The nukta (dot) available in the Insert toolbox can be combined with various consonants to suggest a more exact phonetic devanagari rendering of foreign sounds. E.g., since phonetically, English Think and this are not equal to थिंक and दिस, a better transcription could be थ़िंक and द़िस. Please take care of the dot below in so-called Urdu words, otherwise the Hindi spelling is deemed incorrect.

For the following English vowels met, mate, mat, transcribe as मॅट (short vowel), मेट (not मेइट), मैट (not मॅट, as popular in Marathi). However in contemporary Hindi and here, it is acceptable to use ए instead of ऍ. Thus: अमेरिका is more popular than अमॅरिका. For cot, coat, caught, transcribe as कॉट, कोट, कॉट (not कौट). Transcribe English /t/ and /d/ as ट and ड.

Use half-न before त, थ, द, ध, न, instead of anuswaar अं. Use half-म before प, फ, ब, भ, म. Use the anuswaar before all the rest of the consonants (not half-ङ, ञ, ण). If the मात्रा is not above the alphabet, use chandra-bindu, but only for nasalization. Thus: अन्दर, not अंदर ; अन्त, not अंत ; हिन्दी, not हिंदी ; सम्भव, not संभव ; पंचमी, not पञ्चमी ; अंडा, not अण्डा ; कंठ, not कण्ठ ; लैंड, not लैण्ड ; आँख, not आंख. However, both forms are acceptable in contemporary Hindi as well as here; the prec. are just recommendations.

When proceded by another vowel, use the pure vowels instead of य (unless the य is clearly articulated while pronouncing). Thus : जाएँ, not जायें (not जावें) ; आएगा, not आयेगा . However, both forms are acceptable in contemporary Hindi as well as here.

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Hi, I wonder if you realize that each and every one of your edits are being marked "minor." The problem may be that this has been set as a default. You can click the "my preferences" tab at the top of your screen, then go to "editing" and set this right. Regards, ImpuMozhi 16:38, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Chirag, You should support Nagpur for the Indian collaboration of the week. Go to the discussion page of Nagpur, and following the approval process from there. Be sure to put your name in the list, and sign you comments below other people's previous comments. I mean, don't pair them together. --Wikindian 17:55, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

It is great to see Dhondo Keshav Karve improve a lot. While I nominated it for INCOTW, I have been busy of late and could not improve it. I believe you deserve a barnstar for the great work you have done. Please add references as well. Keep up the good work!! --Gurubrahma 13:31, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello Chirag. I noticed that you have nominated several articles for INCOTW. Please keep in mind the rule - At any given time, a maximum of 6 candidates must be open for voting. Please do not nominate additional articles when six nominations are already present. Cheers! - Aksi_great (talk - review me) 17:02, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Also, Please nominate only one article at a time, the first point on the Nomination criteria. Thanks for your contributions to INCOTW. - Ganeshk (talk) 17:09, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello. I have removed your oppose vote at INCOTW. There are no oppose/against votes. Only vote support for article which you support. Oppose votes don't add to anything. The article with the maximum number of support votes gets selected. Also, please feel free to add an (only 1 at a time) article to INCOTW. - Aksi_great (talk - review me) 17:02, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

I am really sorry that I have to remove your nomination once again. That article was just removed from INCOTW today as a failed nomination. See Talk:Pyarelal_Nayyar. Articles that stay here for a month but don't get enough support votes are removed. Please add another article. I had removed Bismillah Khan, Raghunath Karve, Bhanu Athaiya and Social Reform Movement in Maharashtra earlier because at that time there was already one article nominated by you on INCOTW. If you want add any one of them back at INCOTW. As for your comment on AB - they are valid. The article is not a stub. I have asked the wider Indian community for guidance on this. If there is consensus that the stub rule should prevail then I will remove the article from INCOTW. - Aksi_great (talk - review me) 17:44, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi, you seem to be knowledgeable on the topic of Jainism. Do you think you can help me improve my article on Trishala? - Zhang Guo Lao 22:46, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks alot! If you want, you can also join the revamped WikiProject Jainism. I totally re did it. I really hope to slowly clean up the Jainism articles and straighten everything out. I know it can't all be done in one day but slowly :) Thanks again! - Zhang Guo Lao 02:30, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, please join it. You seem to know a lot about the topic. Right now Zhang Guo Lao and I are alone and we need more experts. Thanks. --queso man 00:35, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

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I am seeking help to deal with the disruptive behavior of User:IAF on the pages of Indian religions. He is intent on proving that Jainism is a derivative of Vedic religion and ignoring all the proofs and multitude of references of western and Indian scholars that I have provided. He is indulging in edit warring and ignoring the antiquity and contributions of Jainism and Sramanas to the Indian Culture. Maximum, that he can turn up with is 2 or 3 websites as sources and fringe theorists like Stephen Knapp – who claims that all Greeks, Romans, Egyptians were Hindus and Taj mahal was a Hindu Temple. Thanks--Anish (talk) 11:09, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

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It's that time of year again - we're wiping everyone's name off of the active members list and doing a project roll call. Your username is listed on the WikiProject Filmsparticipants list, but we are unsure as to which editors are still active on the project. If you still consider yourself an active WP:FILM editor, please add your name back to the Active Members list. You can also add your name to any of our many task forces!

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Is this afd nomination being done in good faith? As someone who has monitored the article for the better part of three years, I feel pretty confident in saying that there really is no evidence to substantiate your claim that the article was created or written by the author. The contents haven't substantially changed in those three years, either. There may be a case for deleting the biography on the basis that the subject isn't of sufficient notability for Wikipedia, but you or someone else would need to make a specific case for that. Warren-talk- 19:15, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

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As a member of WikiProject Films, you are invited to take part in the project's first questionnaire. It is intended to gauge your participation and views on the project. At the conclusion of the questionnaire, the project's coordinators will use the gathered feedback to find new ways to improve the project and reach out to potential members. The results of the questionnaire will be published in next month's newsletter. If you know of any editors who have edited film articles in the past, please invite them to take part in the questionnaire. Please stop by and take a few minutes to answer the questions so that we can continue to improve our project. Happy editing!This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 02:56, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

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A tag has been placed on File:Deltaairline-logo-1.png requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image is an unused redundant copy (all pixels the same or scaled down) of an image in the same file format, which is on Wikipedia (not on Commons), and all inward links have been updated.

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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vijayendra Ghatge until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

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If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. KTC (talk) 11:59, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Eeekster (talk) 21:43, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sujit Bakshi until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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